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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 40. Prohibitions; medical plan preconditions.
(a) No vision care organization that issues, delivers, amends, or renews a vision care plan on or after the effective date of this Act shall issue a vision care plan contract that requires:
(1) an eye care provider to contract with a plan that offers supplemental or specialty health care services as a condition of contracting with a plan that offers basic health services; or
(2) an eye care provider to contract with a vision care plan as a condition to participation in a medical plan or in-network.
(b) A vision care plan may enter into an agreement with a health care plan to deliver routine vision care services that are covered under the enrollee's plan.
(c) A vision care plan may act as a network regarding routine vision care services offered by a health care plan.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 215. Insurance § 161/40. Prohibitions; medical plan preconditions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-215-insurance/il-st-sect-215-161-40/
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